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History of the Moorhead Family. 



. mg the latter part of the sixteenth century 
elt on one of the moors of Scotland a clan of 
peu who, at a later date, movt rom the moun- 
tain range to that peninsula in Scotland marked on the 
map l 'South End. ' ' They were known as i 'The family 
that came from the head of the moor." With this 
brief introduction we give a history of the Moor- 
head family. 

We do not know certainly the first name of the 
father of this family, but from frequent mention of 
"Donald" in some of the old papers connected with 
the family we believe that to be the first name of the 
father, and that his wife's name before marriage was 
Esther Parkson. It seems that they had but the one 
child, whose name was William. Early in life he was 
employed by one of the landowners. In the same 
family was a young lady whom they had adopted in 
childhood, giving her the advantages of education and 
culture. In after years, William married this young 



lady and leased a tract of land, on which they lived 
happily. Her mistress was still kind to her, giving 
her many things to furnish her new home, the most 
valuable gift being a well-selected library. The con- 
stant reading of these books gave them enlarged ideas 
and also a desire for greater liberty than they then 
enjoyed. To them was born a son, whom they named 
Alexander. Some years after this there came to them 
a strong desire to go to the new world — America. 
This desire was increased by the favorable reports of 
the new land of liberty, where all were on equal foot- 
ing — free from class or caste. After coming to this 
conclusion, they commenced saving as much as pos- 
sible of their small earnings in order that they might 
have means sufficient to pay their passage across the 
seas. After years of careful saving, they secured the 
amount and began preparations for crossing the 
waters, when a fever of some malignant type made its 
appearance in their parish. The mother early be- 
came one of its victims and the husband laid his wife 
in the "kirkyard.' : After this, he thought he could 
not leave the grave of his wife, saying he "did na 
think God intended them to leave the land of their 
birth.' : But, in less than one year, the father was 
stricken with the same disease and his body was laid 
beside that of his wife. 

After the death of the mother and father, the son, 
Alexander, went across to Ireland, where he was 
married to a young Irish girl, named Jennie Clyde. 



To them was born a son, whom they also named 
Alexander. They had determined to come to Ameri- 
ca, but, when the son was about fifteen years of age, 
the father died. The widow, having been interested 
in the stories that her husband had given to her in his 
lifetime of the advantages that they would have if 
they would emigrate to America, believed it to be her 
duty to carry out the wish of her deceased husband. 
With this thought, she sold her property, and, when 
her son was seventeen years old, they sailed for this 
country in the year 1764. The voyage was so long 
and dangerous that the mother sometimes thought 
that indications of Providence said to her that it was 
not God's will that the Moorhead family should land 
in America, and when she would recall that her hus- 
band, as well as his parents, had desired to come to 
this land and had been prevented by death she prayed 
earnestly to God for their safe journey. During the 
storms she would feel that God was angry with her for 
leaving the land of her birth and would rex^roach her- 
self, saying, "If it is God's will that my only son is 
to be taken from me, I wish I had remained at home 
and buried him under Ireland's green soil." But she 
said God revealed himself to her one night when they 
were tempest-tossed by whispering to her so tenderly, 
"Peace; be still. Know that I am God. I hold the 
waves of the sea in the hollow of my hand." She 
said, "From that hour, I had no fear. In fact, I was 
happy during the remainder of our voyage. When in 

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company with my son, we would talk and plan about 
what we would do when we came to land.' 1 After 
twenty-six weeks of sailing, they landed at Philadel- 
phia. Having rested here for some days they went to 
Waynesboro, Franklin county. The mother and son 
lived together there. 

On the same vessel on which they sailed was a 
family named Morrow and they had a daughter whose 
name was Mary. This family also located in Frank- 
lin county. Then, as now, Cupid sometimes placed 
his dart in the young and tender heart and the friend- 
ship which was formed between the young people 
during their voyage developed into a pure and con- 
stant love, and they were married in 1769. To them 
were born, in Franklin county, three children — James 
Margaret and Esther. 

In the year 1780, Alexander Moorhead. his wife 
and three children and his mother, Jennie Moorhead, 
came to Indiana county, purchasing a tract of land 
lying between Yellow and Twolick creeks, near Ho- 
mer City. 

Indiana county, at that time, was one vast forest. 
The only highways were paths, called trails, through 
the dense forest, and upon these no vehicle could be 
moved. Their traveling was done on horses, the 
path being so narrow they were conducted single file 
through the woods, the horse in front wearing a bell 
and the others following its sound. When the Moor- 
head family crossed the mountains, three other fami- 

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ESTHER MOOR HEAT). 



Esther Moorhead, daughter of Alexander and 
Mary Morrow Moorhead, was born in Franklin 
county, and died near Homer City. 



PRUDENCE MOORHEAD. 

Prudence Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
and Mary Morrow Moorhead, was born at the home- 
stead near Homer City, and was married to Mr. 
Meek, locating at Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident 
of her marriage is given on Page 9. 



ALEXANDER MOORHEAD. 



Alexander Moorhead, youngest son of Alexander 
and Mary Morrow Moorhead, was born near Homer 
City. He went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was 
married, and engaged in farming. 



This closes the history of the family of Alexan- 
der Moorhead, who came to Indiana county from 
Franklin county in 1780. 



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ALEXANDER THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 

Alexander Thompson Moorhead, the first child 
of James and Nancy Thompson Moorhead, was born 
June 1, 1800, on the farm near Homer City. 

At the early age of fourteen years, he drove his 
father's team of four horses to Philadelphia, carrying 
produce for the merchants of Indiana, and bringing 
back merchandise they had purchased. It took about 
six weeks to make the trip. The public roads were 
not as they are now. This was before the pike from 
Kittanning to Philadelphia was built and the makers 
of those old driveways seemed to have but one object 
in view — to keep on high ground. Instead of going 
around the hills, they crossed over them. It was la- 
borious work for the driver, as well as for the horses. 
In making trips to Philadelphia, generally two or 
more teamsters traveled together and when they came 
to one of the long mountains would put all the teams 
to one wagon and pull it to the summit, and then re- 
turn for another, until all were taken up. For this 
reason it was not an infrequent occurrence for them to 
stay at the same hotel two nights. But, severe as the 
labor was, they had their pleasures. Their own beds 
and feed troughs were carried with them. At night, 
the horses were not put into stables but were hitched 
to each side of the wagon tongue. After the teams 
had been cared for the evenings were spent in singing 
and story telling. They were happy, and enjoyed 

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ALEXANDER THOMPSON MOORHEAD, SR. 



five children — Mary Jane, Margaret Thompson, John 
Calvin, a daughter, March 10, 1847, who died ten 
days after her birth, and Clara, March 29, 1850, who 
died one year later. 

On the Ninth day of November, 1850, he was 
married to Mrs. Nancy Wills, who died November 3, 
1883. 

We are now coming to the close of a busy life. 
Alexander Thompson Moorhead performed well his 
part as a citizen and christian. Taking an active 
part in politics he was originally a Whig, and during 
the existence of that party was elected county com- 
missioner and filled many other positions of honor and 
trust. Upon the formation of the Republican party, 
he became one of its supporters, being what would 
now be termed a stalwart Republican. 

But few christian men were more deeply attached 
to the church of his preference than he, although not 
sectarian in the common acceptance of the term, but 
with kind feelings toward all christian people, by 
whatever name they were known. He was a warm- 
hearted, hospitable gentleman who never seemed so 
happy as when entertaining friends, and had special 
enjoyment in attending all the meetings of the church 
in which he was specially interested. When residing 
on the farm in White township, his home was known 
as the ''preachers' headquarters. ' : No effort seemed 
too great to make his guests happy, and the driving 
horses were always at their command. 

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A man of strong will, when once an opinion was 
formed it would require convincing arguments to 
change it. Physically, he was well developed and 
always enjoyed good health. A half hour before his 
death, to a son proffering to support him while he 
crossed the room, he said, "No, my son, don't do 
that ; no one has ever had to support your father. 7 ' 

He often said it was his desire, if agreeable to 
his Heavenly Father's will, to be called home without 
becoming a weak and helpless man. His wish was 
granted. He attended church and Sabbath school 
the Sabbath before his death. The end was peaceful 
and happy. To him death had no terrors. He pa- 
tiently waited the message to call him home and 
while conversing with his son-in-law, Joseph B. 
Adair, the messenger came and his spirit soared 
away to his God who gave it, on the morning of the 
Eighth of September, 1884. His body was buried 
in the Oakland cemetery, there to mingle with the 
dust of those whom he loved and who preceded him 
to the spirit world. 

JAMES MCKEE MOORHEAD. 

James McKee Moorhead, eldest son of Alexan- 
der Thompson and Mary McKee Moorhead, was born 
near Shelocta, March 12, 1823. He was accidentally 
killed November 8, 1836, returning from an animal 
show at Indiana. With two of his comrades, they 

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companions, who was riding a blind but spirited 
horse, came up to him, saying he would ride 
over him. None of the party thought he would 
do so, but, coming dangerously near, he made an 
effort to get away. The horse was suddenly turned 
and, rearing, struck the boy on the head, crushing 
his skull. He was gathered up unconscious and 
carried to the home of his uncle, William Moorhead, 
on Philadelphia street, where he died in a few hours. 

JOSEPlf McCLOTJD MOORHEAD. 

Joseph McCloud Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, was 
born, August 21, 1827, at Diamondville, Indiana 
county. He was married to Miss Margaret McFar- 
land, of Jacksonville, Indiana county, November 2, 
1848, locating in Indiana, and afterwards moved to 
the Moorhead farm, in White township, where he es- 
tablished a dairy, and furnished milk and ice. His 
was the first milk wagon on the streets of Indiana. 
Daring the time he was conducting the dairy, he read 
medicine under the direction of the late Dr. Thomas 
St. Clair. Some time later, he sold the dairy and en- 
gaged in the mercantile business in company with his 
father, in White township. In 1855, his dwelling 
house and its contents were burned, and he then 
moved to Taylorsville, Green township, where he as- 
sociated with his brother in merchandising. He af- 
terwards elected a steam tannery at that place. Dnr- 



ing these years, lie still purposed to complete his 
medical course, and in 18(37 atteuded the medical col- 
lege at Cleveland, Ohio. He then practiced medicine 
at Ansonville, Clearfield county, and, later, moved to 
Iowa, then to Missouri. He was a successful practi- 
tioner and was a man of genial disposition, attracting 
to himself the warm, personal friendship of all his as- 
sociates. 

To Joseph McCloud and Margaret McFarland 
Moorhead were born seven children — Wilson Augus- 
tus, Steele Lemoyne, Theodore Parker, Agnes May, 
Edith, Harry White and Frank Wilmore. 

Joseph McCloud Moorhead died at Avenue City, 
Missouri, May 7, 1884, and was buried at Guilford, 
Missouri. His widow died, May 14, 1806, at the 
home of her daughter, Agnes May Bishop, of Den- 
ver, Colorado, and was also buried at Guilford. 

WILSON AUGUSTUS MOORHEAD. 

Wilson Augustus Moorhead, son of Joseph Mc- 
Cloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born 
in Indiana, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1849. He 
was married in Mattoon, Illinois, October 6, 18 7 6, to 
Miss Alice Wood. He studied medicine with his 
father and after graduating at a medical college prac- 
ticed at Xicholasville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio, 
and New Castle, Wyoming. To them were born two 
children — Edward Wood, June, 1877, at Nicholas- 
ville, Kentucky; Edith, September, 1879, who died, 

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JOSEPH McCLOUD MOORHEAD 



womanhood. Mr. Bishop has been actively engaged 
in journalistic work on the leading newspapers in St. 
Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, and is now on the 
editorial staff of The Rocky Mountain News. Den- 
ver, Colorado, where they reside. Raymond, their 
eldest son, was born at Guilford, Missouri, July 31, 
1880. He graduated at the Colorado State School of 
Mines, June 13, 1901. Hilma J. was born July 1, 

1882, at Marysville, Missouri, and died, April 26, 

1883, at St. Louis, Missouri. Lionel was born August 
8, 1889, at Kansas City, Missouri. 

EDITH MOORHEAD. 

Edith Moorhead, daughter of Joseph McCloud 
and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at Tay- 
lorsville, Green township, Indiana county, January 
28, 1860. She was a bright, interesting child, and 
was accidentally burned to death November 13, 1861, 
at Taylorsville and was buried in the cemetery at that 
place. 

HARRY WHITE MOORHEAD. 

Harry White Moorhead, son of Joseph McCloud 
and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born October 
12, 1862, at Taylorsville, Pennsylvania. He was pos- 
sessed of a bright intellect, of moral and correct hab- 
its, a kind and happy disposition. He died, October 
20, 1879, at Guilford, Missouri. 

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FRANK WILMORE MOORHEAD. 

Frank Wilmore Moorhead, son of Joseph Mc- 
Cloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born 
at Taylorsville, Indiana county, October 10, 1864. 
He is engaged in newspaper work at Junction City, 
Oregon. He is one of that city's most prominent 
citizens and has filled a number of important posi- 
tions in their municipal government. June 7, 1896, 
he was married to Miss Jeannette Gaines, at Charles 
City, Iowa. Their only child, Florence, was born 
February 5, 1898. 

NANCY ANN MOORHEAD. 

Nancy Ann Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, was 
born at the homestead, in White township, Indiana 
county, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 1830. She was 
married at the home April 24, 1851, to Robert 
Lowry, of White township. They located in Indi- 
ana, where they are yet living. Mr. Lowry is a con- 
tractor and builder and was one of the founders of 
the Lowry & Hastings planing mill, where sash, 
doors, mouldings, etc., were manufactured. Their 
life has been a j)leasant one. On the fiftieth anniver- 
sary of their marriage a number of their relatives and 
immediate friends called to congratulate them. There 
were born to them five children: 

Alexander Thompson Lowry was born March 8, 
1852, and was married to Mary Vesta Feath at her 

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home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1885. 
He was a painter and paper hanger, but after his 
marriage engaged in merchandising at Indiana for a 
number of years. He is now pursuing his original 
occupation. There were born to them five children — 
Arthur, March 9, 1886; Henry Clay, October 29, 
1887; Vesta Russell, November 9, 1888; James Rob- 
ert, January 20, 1892; Mary Agnes, January 29, 1894. 

John Milton Lowry was born September 26, 1854, 
and died April 18, 1857. 

Clarissa Eliza Lowry was born February 13, 1858, 
and was married at her home in Indiana to Mr. Harry 
St. Clair, of White township, on May 14, 1877. Mr. 
St. Clair engaged in farming and stockraising. He 
established a dairy and creamery and took a special 
interest in blooded cattle. His herd of Angus cattle 
was the pride of the county. He is now engaged in 
the seed business at Columbus, Ohio, where they 
reside. There were born to them ten children — 
Arthur, Mabel Victorine, Ralph Emerson, Millard 
Tracy, Amy Cobart, Harry Lowry, Mary Agnes, 
Clara Maria, Letitia Catherine, Nancy Moorhead. 

Harry Blair Lowry was born July 20, 1859, and 
died February 14, 1860. 

Mary Agnes Lowry was born March 9, 1861, and 
resides with her parents at Indiana. 



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ALEXANDER THOMPSON MOOBHEAD. 

Alexander Thompson Moorliead, son of Alexan- 
der Thompson and Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, 
was born in White township, August 23, 1833. On 
the twenty-third day of March, 1854, he was 
married to Mary Jane Hutchison, of Coneinaugh 
township, Indiana county. To them were born the 
following children: Howard Hutchison, Mary Mor- 
row McKee, Charles Wills, Edgar Thompson, Jean- 
nette, Frederick, Sara Dales and William Fulton. 
The mother died December 2(), 18<)7. He married 
Mrs. Margaret A. Rankin, of Johnstown, Pennsyl- 
vania, in Philadelphia, April 20, 1809. To them 
were born Albert Speedy, Martha Evangeline, Nancy 
Pearl, Alexander Ralph, Frank Edwin, Bessie Gar- 
nett and Hugh McKee. 

In "Leslies' History of the Republican Party," 
1900, we find the following concerning him: "When 
but a boy he was placed in the printing office of his 
grandfather 'to learn the art of printing, 7 serving a 
five years' apprenticeship and then working some 
two years more as foreman in the office. During the 
time he was serving his apprenticeship he was a 
member of the 'underground railroad,' assisting many 
of the slaves to liberty. Leaving the printing office 
he turned his attention to the mercantile and lumber 
business, continuing in the same for a number of 
years. He then served as postmaster at Indiana two 

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ALEXANDER THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 



terms, holding commissions by President Hayes and 
President Arthur. After the close of his last commis- 
sion, in 1887, he purchased the Indiana Progress, 
a stalwart Republican organ, which he still continues 
to edit and publish, always supporting the nominees 
of his party. He is especially proud of his party 
record. Casting his first presidential vote for the 
'Pathfinder', John C. Fremont, he has never bolted 
or scratched the ticket of the regular party nomina- 
tions. He has always taken an active part in the 
politics of the county and state, serving three terms 
as chairman of the Republican organization in Indi- 
ana county, frequently a delegate to the state conven- 
tions and at the present time is a member of the State 
Republican Committee. The educational interests of 
Indiana county received much attention from him and 
he served as a trustee of the State Normal School at 
Indiana a score of years. He has also held a number 
of positions in the municipal government of the city." 
While engaged in merchandising and shipping lum- 
ber, at Taylorsville, Green township, his property, 
consisting of dwelling, storeroom, wareroom and 
granary, with all their contents, was destroyed by fire 
on New Year's, 1862. 

HOWARD HUTCHISON MOORHEA1). 

Howard Hutchison Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Hutchison Moorhead, was born 
in Taylorsville, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, Janu- 

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ary 14, 1854. He is a mine worker at Scottdale, 
Pennsylvania, and resides at Everson, in the same 
state. On January 14, 1882, lie was married to Mary 
Lucinda Blackburn, at Mount Pleasant, Westmore- 
land comity. There were born to them the following 
children: Ernest Frederick, January 5, 1883; Alex- 
ander Thompson, May 24, 1884; Edith May, Decem- 
ber 30, 1886; Sherman Edward, February 1, 1891; 
Eva Martha, July 23, 1894; Mary Sansom, July 29, 
1899. The two oldest sons have positions in the sheet 
mill works at Scottdale. 

MARY MORROW McKEE MOORHEAD. 

Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, daughter of 
Alexander Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison 
Moorhead, was born at Taylorsville, Indiana county, 
September 18, 1856, and was married to William 
Leader Sansom on December 19, 1877. They located 
in Harrisbnrg, where her husband was occupying a 
position in the auditor-general's department. Later, 
they went to Brookville, Jeiferson county, where he 
engaged in journalistic work, publishing the Jeffer- 
son Democrat. Selling that paper, he purchased a 
half interest in the Clarion Democrat and moved to 
that place. Mr. Sansom is a thorough newspaper 
man, having learned the art of printing in his father's 
office — the Indiana Democrat — commencing at the 
lowest rung of the ladder. He is one of the best, 
practical printers in the state; a forcible, couscien- 

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tious writer and a loyal Democrat. In June, 1901, he 
purchased his partner's interest in the plant, and is 
now sole editor and proprietor of the Clarion Demo- 
crat, which paper has the largest circulation of any 
in that comity. 

In this union there were born live children — 
Frank Moorhead, at Harrisburg, November 6, 1879, 
and who died at Brookville, Jnly 1, 1881 ; Charles 
Leader, at Harrisburg, December 13, 1880; Mary 
Moorhead, at Brookville, February 28, 1884; Dorothy 
Jeannette, at Clarion, August 2, 1891; Martha Eliza- 
beth, November 22, 1894. After completing his edu- 
cation, Charles Leader Sansom entered his father' s of- 
fice, mastering the art. In 1900, he was chosen in- 
structor in the printing department of the United 
Presbyterian Mission School at Norfolk, Virginia, and 
after filling this engagement returned to Clarion, 
where he is employed as foreman in his father's office. 

EDGAR THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 

Edgar Thompson Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was 
born at Taylorsville, Indiana county, March 1, 185S. 
He died of inflammation of the brain, January 18, 
1861, and was buried in the cemetery at that place. 

CHARLES WILES MOORHEAD. 

Charles Wills Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was 



born, January 1, I860, at Taylorsville, Indiana coun- 
ty. When about five years of age he met with an ac- 
cident, by falling backwards from a high porch, sus- 
taining injuries from which he never fully recovered. 
He was unusually bright, and although a sufferer was 
well advanced in his studies. He died, April 24, 
1876, and was buried in Oakland cemetery, at Indi- 
ana, Pennsylvania. 

JEANNETTE MOORH EAD. 

Jeannette Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1861. On 
December 31, 1889, she was married to David Kuntz 
Hill, of Leechburg, same state. Before his marriage, 
Mr. Hill was a commercial agent, representing manu- 
facturers of farming implements. Afterwards he was 
appointed postmaster at Leechburg and at the expira- 
tion of his commission he purchased the Leechburg 
Advance, which he edited and published for some 
time. To them were born two daughters — Margaret. 
October 4, 1891, and Sara Katharine, March 31, 1896. 

FEEDEBICK MOOyHEAD. 

Frederick Moorhead, son of Alexander Thompson 
and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was born at 
Taylorsville, Indiana county, December 30, 1862. 
He was married to Gustin Logan, June 10, 1884, at 
the home other mother, Mrs. Margaret Logan, of In- 

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diana, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of one 
child— Phyllis— born, June 16, 1885, at Tawas City, 
Michigan. 

Early in life he was engaged in a dry goods store 
and afterwards in a grocery. Later he went to Tawas 
City, where he was employed by the Prescott Lumber 
Company. By his industry and close application to 
the interests of the company, he was chosen general 
manager of and exclusive buyer for their supply store, 
and had he lived until the first of the following Janu- 
ary would have become one of the members of the firm. 

On Christmas Day, 1891, he and his most inti- 
mate friend and boyhood companion were instructing 
the employes of the Prescott Lumber Company in 
"pigeon shooting,'' when the gun in the hands of his 
friend was accidentally discharged, killing him in- 
stantly. His body was brought to his former home in 
Indiana, and interred in the Moorhead family plot in 
Oakland cemetery. 

His wife and daughter returned to Indiana, 
where they now reside. Phyllis is a student in the 
Indiana State Normal School. 

SARA DALES MOORHEAD. 

Sara Dales Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was 
born at Taylorsville, Indiana county, June 29, 1865, 
and was married at her home, in Indiana, to William 
A. Neil, of Clarion, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1892. 

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Mr. Neil is one of the leading merchants of Clarion. 
He is also a member of the Monessen Novelty Com- 
pany, Monessen, Westmoreland comity. To them 
were born three children — Mary Janet, November 10, 
1892; James Moffett, July 6, 1894, and Fred Alexan- 
der Moorhead, September 6, 1896. 

WILLIAM FULTON MOORHEAD. 

William Fulton Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Mary Jane Hutchison Moorhead, was 
born at Indiana, June 5, 1867, and died suddenly De- 
cember 23, 1870. He was buried in the Oakland 
cemetery, at Indiana. 

ALBERT SPEEDY MOORHEAD. 

Albert Speedy Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born at Indiana, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1870. He 
was a student at the Indiana State Normal School and 
later entered the Progress office, where he mastered 
the art of printing, having passed through all its va- 
rious departments. In 1893, he associated with his 
lather, as editor and publisher of the Indiana Prog- 
ress, and is acknowledged by newspaper men to be 
one of the best, up-to-date journalists, and a good, 
practical business man. He was married to Ida L. 
Johns, of West Wheatfield township, Indiana county, 
August 4, 1897, at the home of her parents. There 
was born to them one son — Albert Donald — March 24, 
1901. 

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MARTHA EVANGELINE MOORHEAD. 

Martha Evangeline Moorhead, daughter of Alex- 
ander Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moor- 
head, was born at Indiana, Pennsylvania, Novem- 
ber 4, 1871. She graduated from the Indiana High 
Schools and was a student of Indiana State Normal 
School, afterwards entering and completing the 
commercial course of the Curry Institute, Pittsburg, 
in 1891. Immediately after graduation, she accepted 
a position with W. W. Lawrence & Company, paint 
manufacturers, as stenographer, which she still fills. 
She is also a member of the Monessen Novelty Com- 
pany, at Monessen, Pennsylvania. 

NANCY PEARL MOORHEAD. 

Nancy Pearl Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1874. She is 
at home with her parents. 

ALEXANDER RALPH MOORHEAD. 

Alexander Ralph Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1876. He 
entered the Progress office and after fully complet- 
ing his trade took a special course of study in the 
Indiana State Normal School, preparing himself thor- 
oughly for journalistic work. He was a member of 
Company F, Fifth Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania 

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Volunteers, in the Spanish -American War, during 
which time he was a staff correspondent of the Prog- 
ress. His letters were read with interest through- 
out the state. After their division was mustered out 
of service, he was appointed by the United Presbyte- 
rian Mission Board instructor in the printing depart- 
ment of their mission school at Norfolk, Virginia, 
which position he filled acceptably and Avas re-elected 
but declined in order to accept the position of foreman 
in the Indiana Progress. He is acknowledged to 
be a workman of fine taste, besides being a ready and 
forcible writer. 

FRANK EDWIN MOOKHEAD. 

Frank Edwin Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1877. He 
graduated at the Indiana High Schools in 1895. He 
is a printer by profession, and after mastering the ait 
entered the Indiana State Normal School, taking a 
special course of study. He was then assigned a 
place on the United States Geological Survey Corps, 
which position he still holds. 

BESSIE GARNETT MOORHEAD. 

Bessie Garnett Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1878. She 
graduated from the Indiana High Schools in 1895 

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and from the State Normal School in 1900. Since 
then she taught in the graded schools of Dale bor- 
ough, Cambria county, and has been elected to fill 
a similar position in the Indiana schools. 



HUGH McKEE MOORHEAD. 

Hugh McKee Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1879. 
He was a member of Company F, Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Spanish - 
American War, and was a general favorite with his 
company, discharging his duties faithfully as a sol- 
dier. He is now a student of the Indiana State Nor- 
mal School. 

MARY JANE MOORHEAD. 

Mary Jane Moorhead, daughter of Alexander 
Thompson and Jane H. Hart Moorhead, was born at 
the Moorhead homestead, White township, May 21, 
1811. She was married to Joseph B. Adair, Novem- 
ber 9, 1863, at the home of her parents. They reside 
in Indiana, Pennsylvania. To them were born six 
children: 

Jennie M. Adair was born May 8, 18<>4. She 
graduated at the Indiana State Normal School in 
1885, and taught for a number of years. August 21, 
1889, she was married to Rev. George W. Belsey. To 

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them were born three children — Wallace Adair, 
George Lawrence and John Harold. Their present 
location is Toledo, Ohio, where Rev. Belsey is pastor 
of the Plymouth. Congregational church. 

John Calvin Moorhead Adair was born December 
13, 1865, and was married to Carrie E. Obley, of 
West Newton, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1891. He is 
employed in the radiator works, of West Newton, 
where they reside. Two children were born to them — 
Ralph Obley, September 1, 1894, who died September 
17, 1895, and Mary Elizabeth, February 4, 1897. 

Margaret Thompson Adair was born February 
19, 1870. She graduated at the Indiana State Normal 
School in 1893, and taught five consecutive terms in 
the public schools of Johnstown. On October 24, 
1900, she married Rev. J. O. C. McCracken, pastor of 
the Laurel Avenue Presbyterian church, Johnstown, 
where they reside. 

Ruth Adair was born September 4, 1872. She 
graduated at the Indiana State Normal School in 1895 
and has taught six successive terms in the public 
schools of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 

Alexander Thompson Moorhead Adair was born 
December 4, 18 7(5. He is employed by the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company. 

William Joseph Hart Adair was born March 22, 
1881. He is a student of Indiana Normal School and 
is at home with his parents. 

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MARGARET THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Thompson Moorhead, daughter of 
Alexander Thompson and Jane H. Hart Moorhead, 
was born at the Moorhead homestead, in White town- 
ship, October 5, 1843. She was married to J. Stewart 
Thompson, May 2, I860, They resided in Bairds- 
town, Westmoreland comity, where Mr. Thompson 
was engaged in merchandising, and afterwards in In- 
diana, where he followed the same pursuit. One 
child — Maggie May — was born to them ? May 15, 1867, 
She died August 10, 1867. The mother died June 3, 
1867. 

JOHN CALVIN MOORHEAD. 

John Calvin Moorhead, son of Alexander 
Thompson and Jane H. Hart Moorhead, was born in 
White township November 22, 1845, and was married 
to Miss Matilda J. Lintner, February 18, 1868, at her 
home, near Blairsville. They located in Indiana, 
where he dealt in implements and lumber, and still 
continues in the same pursuit. He is an active, ener- 
getic man. There were born to them ten children — 
David Lintner, Thompson Hart, Margaret Thompson, 
Clara Jane, William Owens, John Porter, James 
Edgar, Calvin Henry, Charles Augustus, Mary 
Elizabeth. 

DAAID LINTNER MOORHEAD. 

David Lintner Moorhead, son of John Calvin and 
Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indiana, 

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January 28, 1869. He received his education at In- 
diana State Normal School, and is a civil engineer by 
profession. He is serving his second term as county 
surveyor, and also holds a position with the Lacka- 
wanna Coal and Iron Company. He is one of the best 
engineers in the state, and has been frequently em- 
ployed by other mining companies to do special work 
that none but experts can do. As a correct and neat 
draughtsman, he has few superiors. A gentleman of 
genial disposition, he has the respect and confidence 
of all who are personally acquainted with him. 

THOMPSON HART MOORHEAD. 

Thompson Hart Moorhead, son of John Calvin 
and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indi- 
ana, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1870. He died Feb- 
ruarv 22, 1871. 

MARGARET THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Thompson Moorhead, daughter of John 
Calvin and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in 
Indiana, September 18, 1871. She graduated at the 
Indiana State Normal School in 1891 and was a teach- 
er in the Leechburg, Pennsylvania, schools for a num- 
ber of years. On November 28, 1894, she was mar- 
ried to Dr. S. J. McMains, of Leechburg. He is one 
of the leading dentists of Western Pennsylvania, an 
enterprising citizen, member of the Board of Trade, 
an active politician, who has represented the Eepub- 

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lican party in state conventions, and a genial gentle- 
man. Their two children are Charles Van, born Sep- 
tember 9, 1897, and Eleanor, born July 16, 1900. 

CLARA JANE MOORHEAD. 

Clara Jane Moorhead, daughter of John Calvin 
and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indi- 
ana, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1873. She graduated 
at the Indiana State Normal School in 1893, and has 
been a successful teacher in the Leeehburg and Johns- 
town schools for a number of years and is still engaged 
as instructor in the graded schools of the latter 
place. She is a blight, attractive lady and is a 
favorite with all her associates. 

WILLIAM OWENS MOORHEAD. 

William Owens Moorhead, son of John Calvin 
and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indi- 
ana, April 27, 1875. He is a salesman in one of the 
leading gents' clothing and furnishing establishments 
in Indiana, and enjoys the confidence of the public. 
He is a gentleman of pleasing address, and is correct 
and upright in all of his business transactions. 

JOHN PORTER MOORHEAD. 

John Poiter Moorhead, son of John Calvin and 
Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, September 19, 1877. He died Novem- 
ber 22, 1882. 

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JAMES EDGAR MOOKHEAD. 

James Edgar Moorhead, son of John Calvin and 
Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indiana, 
March 16, 1880. He is an industrious, upright man. 
He is employed by the Pittsburg Coal Company on 
its survey corps. 

CALVIN HENRY MOORHEAD. 

Calvin Henry Moorhead, son of John Calvin and 
Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, August 11, 1881. He is a student of 
Indiana State Normal School. 

CHARLES AUGUSTUS MOORHEAD. 

Charles Augustus Moorhead, son of John Calvin 
and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was born in Indi- 
ana, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1884. He is a student 
of the State Normal School at Indiana. 

MARY ELIZABETH MOORHEAD. 

Mary Elizabeth Moorhead, youngest child of 
John Calvin and Matilda J. Lintner Moorhead, was 
born April 4, 1886, at Indiana. She is a pupil of the 
Indiana High Schools, and is an interesting and at- 
tractive young lady. 



This closes the family history of Alexander 
Thompson Moorhead and his descendants, 

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POLLY PARKS MOOEHEAD. 

Polly Parks Moorliead, daughter of James and 
Nancy Thompson Moorliead, was born at the farm, 
near Homer City, May 9, 1802. In April, 1817, she 
married William Bruce. Mr. Bruce was a christian 
gentleman of most sterling character. Early in life, 
they purchased a farm in what is now White township, 
near Reed station. New buildings were erected, and 
many other improvements made. Here they resided 
until 1810, when Mr. Bruce was elected treasurer of 
Indiana county. After the completion of his term of 
office they moved from Indiana to Jacksonville, where 
Mr. Bruce died, March 20, 1865, and is buried in 
Oakland cemetery. Polly Parks Moorliead Bruce 
died at Indiana, March 19, 187<>, and is buried in the 
Oakland cemetery. To them were born three chil- 
dren — James Harvey, William Parks and Maria. 

JAMES HARVEY BRUCE. 

James Harvey Bruce, son of William and Polly 
Parks Moorliead Bruce, was born on the farm, near 
Reed station, February 13, 1818. He was married to 
Margaret ta Rankin March 31, 1811. He was a useful 
citizen, taking an active part in all the improvements 
of the country; an up-to-date, practical farmer. 
Early in life he was a teamster, hauling merchandise 
from Hollidaysbnrg and Pittsburg. He was credited 
with having one of the best four-horse teams attached 
to his Connestoga wagon that traveled the loads. He 

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was a lively gentleman, a man of moral, upright 
character, hospitable in his home. They lived on the 
old homestead, near Eeed station, until the death of 
Mr. Bruce, May 6, 1887. Mrs. Bruce died January 1, 
1890. There were born to them ten children — John 
Milton, William Wallace, Matthew Rankin, Mary 
Clara, Robert Moorhead, James Harvey, Anna Eliz- 
abeth, Maria Ella, Margaretta Jane and Laura Belle. 

JOHN MILTON BRUCE. 

John Milton Bruce, eldest son of James Harvey 
and Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White 
township, Indiana county, February 20, 1842. He 
enlisted as a private September 25, 1861, in Company 
K, One Hundred and Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and served until the close of the Civil 
War. After leaving Indiana he went direct to Camp 
Jamison, near Alexandria, Virginia. He was pro- 
moted to corporal, to sergeant, and to first lieutenant 
on October 28, 1864. July 27, 1863, he was detailed 
for recruiting service, and sent to ('amp Copeland, at 
Braddocks Field, where he remained five months, then 
returned to the regiment. He was engaged in the 
following battles: Siege of Yorktown, from April 5 
to May 1, 1862; Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; Fair 
Oaks, May 31 and June 1, 1862: Robins Field, June 
25, 1862; Savage Station, June 26, 1862; Charles City 
Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, July 1, 
1862; Bristo Station, August 27, 1862; Second Bull 

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Run, August 29 and 30, 1862; Chantilly, September 
1, 1862; Fredericksburg, December 12 and 13, 1862; 
Chancellors ville, May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 
3, 1863; Locust Grove, November 27, 1863; Wilder- 
ness, May 5, 6 and 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 10, 
11 and 12, 1861; North Ann Eiver, May 23 and 24, 
1864; siege of Petersburg, March, 1865; surrender of 
Lee at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. He was slightly 
wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, and again, 
near Gold Harbor, in the upper third of the right 
thigh, by a minie ball lodging near the femoral artery, 
where it still remains. At the battle of Spottsylvania 
he assisted in the capture of eighteen cannon and four 
thousand live hundred men and officers. He was dis- 
charged from the service, July 11, 1865, near Wash- 
ington. 

On September 22, 1868, he was married to 
Maitha Jane Nesbit at her home in Blairsville. They 
are now located in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where 
he is agent for agricultural implements. To this 
couple were born five children: 

Minnie May Bruce was born September 25, 1869, 
and died November 27, 1869. 

Maggie Etta Bruce was born April 27, 1872. 
She resides at home. 

James Harvey Bruce was born April 15, 1874, 
and died December 2, 1875. 

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William Ray Bruce was born July 30, 1878. He 
is in the cork m aim factory of Armstrong Brothers, 
Pittsburg. By trade he is a printer. 

John Franklin Bruce was born April 14, 1881. 
He is a clerk in the Westinghouse Electric Company, 
at East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 

WILLIAM WALLACE BRUCE. 

William AVallace Bruce, son of James Harvey 
and Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White 
township, Indiana county, January 1, 1814. On 
January 1, 1873, he was married to Sallie E. Guth- 
erie. He read medicine with the late Dr. Thomas St. 
Clair, of Indiana, and graduated from the Jefferson 
Medical College, Philadelphia. He is now located at 
Casey, Illinois, where he enjoys a lucrative practice. 
They have no children. 

MATTHEW RANKIN BRUCE. 

Matthew Rankin Bruce, son of James Harvey and 
Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White town- 
ship, Indiana county, March 7, 1846. He was mar- 
ried to Irene M. Speers, April 20, 1871. Their pres- 
ent residence is Casey, Illinois, They have no chil- 
dren. 

MARY CLARA BRUCE. 

Mary Clara Bruce, daughter of James Harvey and 
Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White town- 
ship, Indiana county, June 11, 1848. She was mar- 
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ried to Thomas C. Loughry March 26, 1873. She died 
October 7, 1883, and is buried in Oakland cemetery. 
To them were born three children: 

John Wilson Loughry is a graduate of Cincinnati 
Medical College, and is now practicing at Vinton 
Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is married, and has no 
children. 

J. Harvey Bruce Lough ry is a merchant at 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is married, and has 
two children. 

Mary Edith Loughry is married to Mr. Brown. 

ROBERT MOORHEAD BRUCE. 

Robert Moorhead Bruce, son of James Harvey 
and Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born at the old 
homestead, in White township, October 5, 1850. He 
was married October 5, 1877, to Mary Helen Hopkins 
at her home, in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was a 
farmer by occupation, and cultivated the old home- 
stead for a number of years. He afterwards moved to 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, residing there one year, 
and then returned to Twolick, Indiana county, where 
he died January 18, 1891. After the death of her 
husband, Mrs. Bruce located in Indiana, where, with 
her family, she now resides. To them were born sev- 
en children: 

James Lisle Bruce was born in White township, 
March 12, 1880. He graduated from the Indiana 
State Normal School in 1900, with first honors, and is 

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now a student of the University of Michigan, at Ann 
Arbor. 

Edna Margaretta Bruce was born in White town' 

ship June 13, 1881. She graduated from the Indiana 
High Schools in 1898 and is now a student at Memo- 
rial Hospital, Glendale, West Virginia. 

Matthew Hartley Bruce was born in Johnstown, 
February 26, 1883. He graduated from Girard Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, in 1900. 

Sara Elizabeth Bruce was born in White town- 
ship February 28, 1885. She graduated with highest 
honors from the Indiana High Schools in 1901. 

Anna Wallace Bruce was born in White township 
April 16, 1886. She is a student of the Indiana 
schools. 

Hilda May Brnce was born in AVhite township, 
June 28, 1888. She is a student of the Indiana 
schools. 

Robert Moorhead Brnce was born in White town- 
ship October 13, 1889. He is a student of Girard 
College, Philadelphia. 



JAMES HARVEY BRUCE. 

James Harvey Bruce, son of James Harvey and 
Margaretta Rankin Brnce, was born in White town- 
ship, November 9, 1853. He died July 5, 1877. 

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ANNA ELIZABETH BRUCE. 

Anna Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of James Harvey 
and Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White 
township, September 9, 1856. She was married to 
James Lewis Allison, September 19, 1883, at her 
home. Mr. Allison is one of Jefferson county's 
prominent citizens. After graduating at the Indiana 
State Normal School, in 1881, he taught in several 
places in Indiana county, and, in 1883, was elected 
principal of the Punxsntawney public schools, which 
position he has held continuously for eighteen years. 
For ten years he was associated with H. G. Miller as 
equal owner and publisher of the Pnnxsutawney 
News. He is an able and ready writer, and was al- 
ways an ardent Republican. In 1889 he was appoint- 
ed supervisor of the Fourteenth District of Pennsyl- 
vania. They are the parents of four children — Mary 
Edith, born August 28, 1884; Margaretta Bruce, June 
9, 1886; James Lewis, February 11, 1892; Robert 
Wilson, May 10, 1895. 

MARIA ELLA BRUCE. 

Maria Ella Bruce, daughter of James Harvey and 
Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White town- 
ship December 9, 1858. She was married to John M. 
Simpson, March 21, 1886. Air. Simpson is one of the 
energetic farmers of White township and has a pleas- 
ant home on a pretty farm about three miles north of 

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Indiana. To this couple were born two children — ■ 
Laura Belle, August 11, 1887, and George Stephens, 
December 21, 1889. 

MARGARETTA JANE BRUCE. 

Margaretta Jane Bruce, daughter of James Har- 
vey and Margaretta Bankin Bruce, was born in White 
township, Indiana county, April 23, 1861. Septem- 
ber 28, 1881, she married Andrew Huey Wills, of 
Mifflin county, who was one of the foremost teachers 
of his community until in 1890, when he moved with 
his family to Punxsutawney, where he entered the of- 
fice of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad 
Company. He resigned that position to take one with 
the Berwind-White Mining Company. He has been 
with that company for eight years and is now outside 
superintendent at one of the company's largest mines. 
They are the parents of three children — Samuel 
Brown, bora July 24, 1882: Eleanor Bruce, May 4, 
1887, and George Downes, deceased, 

LAURA BELLE BRUCE. 

Laura Belle Bruce, youngest child of James Har- 
vey and Margaretta Rankin Bruce, was born in White 
township, Indiana county, January 18, 18(36. She 
graduated at the Indiana State Normal School in 
1886. Later, she taught in Mifflin and Cambria 
counties, and, for thirteen years, has been one of the 
successful teachers in the Punxsutawney schools, 

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WILLIAM PARKS BRUCE. 

William Parks Bruce, son of William and Polly 
Parks Moorhead Bruce, was born on the farm, near 
Reed station, March 12, 1820. October 7, 1840, he 
was married to Jean Coleman, of Conemaugh town- 
ship, Indiana county. He engaged in merchandising, 
hrst at Jacksonville, and, later, at Fillmore, Indiana 
county, where he died March 8, 1865. His wife still 
survives him and makes her home with her daughter, 
Mrs. R. B. Cummins, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania. 
They were the parents of nine children — Archibald 
Coleman, Mary Jane, John Xewton, Theoras Thomp- 
son, Margaret Ellen, Anna Emma, Maria Josephine, 
Augusta Elizabeth, Xaucy Steele. Six of these chil- 
dren are dead and it is a singular coincident that five 
of them died on Sabbath. 

ARCHIBALD COLEMAN BRUCE. 

Archibald Coleman Bruce, eldest son of William 
Parks and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana 
county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1841. He died March 
30, 1862. 

MARY JANE BRUCE. 

Mary Jane Bruce, daughter of William Parks and 
Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana county, 
Pennsylvania, September 16, 1843. On March 13, 
1866, she was married to Dr. William Jack, who 
practiced medicine in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, for 

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many years, but is now deceased. Mrs. Jack died 
October 1S 7 1884. To them were born four children — 
William Bruce, Mary Blanche, Emma Josephine, 
James Arthur. They are all dead, except Emma Jo- 
sephine, who was married to William H. Speedy, of 
Pittsburg, April 20, 1892. They have one daughter, 
Nannie Loretta, born June 8, 1893. 

JOHN NEWTON BRUCE. 

John Newton Bruce, son of William Parks and 
Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana county, 
Pennsylvania, June 2, 1845. He was married to An- 
na M. Arrowsmith, April 9, 1874, at Parker City, 
Pennsylvania, where he was conducting a general dry 
goods store. He afterwards moved to Ohio, then to 
Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York, en- 
gaging in the same business. Later, for several years 
he was engaged in business in Pittsburg, and now re- 
sides in Cleveland. There were born to them three 
children — Mabel Clare, March 25, 1878; Carolyn Ar- 
rowsmith, February 8, 1881; William Wilberforce, 
March 26, 1884. 

THEORAS THOMPSON BRUCE. 

Theoras Thompson Bruce, son of William Parks 
and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana county 
August 14, 1847. He died July 5, 1863. 

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MARGARET ELLEN BRUCE. 

Margaret Ellen Bruce, daughter of William 
Parks and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana 
county August 16, 1849. She was married to William 
R. Turner, February 27, 1878. They reside in Utah, 
near Salt Lake City. Their only child is Janet 
Bruce, born December 28, 1878. 

ANNA EMMA BRUCE. 

Anna Emma Bruce, daughter of William Parks 
and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana county 
June 2, 1852. She died July 26, 1863. 

MARIA JOSEPHINE BRUCE. 

Maria Josephine Bruce, daughter of William 
Parks and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana 
county, January 11, 1855, and died June 28, 1863. 

AUGUSTA ELIZABETH BRUCE. 

Augusta Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of William 
Parks and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana 
county March 7, 1857, and died July 19, 1863. 

NANCY STEELE BRUCE. 

Nancy Steele Bruce, youngest child of William 
Parks and Jean Coleman Bruce, was born in Indiana 
county, July 1, 1859. On January 6, 1885, she was 

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married to Dr. R. B. Cummins, who is the leading 
dentist of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, as well as one of 
its most influential citizens. They own a beautiful 
home and are noted for their hospitality. 

MARIA BRUCE. 

Maria Bruce, only daughter of William and Polly 
Parks Moorhead Bruce, Mas born May 1, 182l>. She 
was married to Samuel Johnston Rankin, July 3, 
1843. They resided in Indiana. He was a carpenter 
and builder, and served as county treasurer. She 
died November 18, 1851, and was survived by her 
husband and two children — John Newton and William 
J., who is now deceased. The date of her husband's 
death is unknown. 



This closes the family history of Polly Parks 
Moorhead and her descendants. 



MARGARET MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Moorhead, daughter of James and Nan- 
cy Thompson Moorhead, was born in Indiana, June 
10, 1801. She married Joseph Wallace, who died, 
May 21, 1864, his widow surviving him, and dying 
February 6, 1872. They had no children. 



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WILLIAM MOOR HEAD. 

William Moorhead, son of James and Nancy 
Thompson Moorhead, was born in Indiana, February 
14, 1807. He was the first male child born at the 
county seat. Early in life he entered a printing office, 
first working with James M'Cahan, the founder of the 
American Gazette, the first paper established in the 
county. At that early period, all the mails were car- 
ried on horseback. Mr. M'Cahan had the contract of 
carrying- the mail from Kittanning to Ebensburg, and 
three days of each week the young man Moorhead was 
engaged in carrying the mail between the two points. 
Soon after this, his father, James Moorhead, bought 
the plant and he remained in the same office for some 
years, then went to Philadelphia, working in the 
leading offices of that city. 

May 2, 1834, William Moorhead married Susan 
Wright Bodine, of Mt. Holly, New Jersey, in Phila- 
delphia. There were born to them the following 
children: Clarissa Elizabeth, William Wallace, 
James Francis, Nancy Letitia, Margaret Ann, John 
Bodine and Charlotte Lavinia. 

Some time after his marriage, he purchased an 
entirely new outfit for a printing office, and returned 
to Indiana and continued the publication of the paper 
formerly owned by his father, calling it the Indiana 
Register. This paper was undoubtedly the most able 
and neatly executed county paper published in west- 

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ern Pennsylvania at that time. He was afterwards 
appointed postmaster at Indiana, selling the Indiana 
Register to his brother, Robert B. Moorhead. After 
his term of offiee as postmaster expired he engaged in 
merchandising, and later purchased the leading hotel 
of the town, and named it the Indiana House, which 
was a popular resort and known throughout the state. 

In 1855, Governor Pollock brevetted him colonel, 
and he was known thereafter as Colonel William 
Moorhead. 

During the time he was conducting the Indiana 
House his wife died, and he retired from the hotel, 
moving to Pittsburg, where he conducted the Hotel 
Perry for a short time, and then went back to Phila- 
delphia, engaging in newspaper Avork. Here he mar- 
ried Elizabeth Hevermilz, and returned to Pittsburg, 
where he died, October 26, 1890. His body was 
brought to Indiana, and interred in Oakland ceme- 
tery. He is survived by his widow, who resides in 
Pittsburg. 

CLARISSA ELIZABETH MOORHEAD. 

Clarissa Elizabeth Moorhead, daughter of William 
and Susan Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in In- 
diana, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1835. She was 
married to Silas M. Clark, at Rose Cottage, Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, April 26, 1859. 

Mr. Clark received his education in the common 
schools and the academy at Indiana, and at Jefferson 

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WILLIAM MOORHEAD 



College, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, from which in- 
stitution he graduated in 1852. He entered the office 
of the late William M. Stewart, Esq., and began the 
study of law. While a student in Mr. Stewart' s office, 
in connection with Joseph M. Thompson, Esq., and 
Colonel John F. Young, both deceased, he established 
a Democratic paper which supported James Buchanan 
for president in 1856. In 1857, he retired from the 
journalistic held, and in September of the same year 
was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the suc- 
cessful career that ended with his elevation to the Su- 
preme Bench. So great was his popularity that at 
the time of his election his majority in Indiana county 
on the Democratic ticket was far in excess of the two 
thousand majority given the Republican candidate for 
governor. He was a clear and profound thinker and 
a strong and logical reasoner. Every enterprise hav- 
ing for its object the advancement and improvement 
of the town or count v found in him an active and en- 
ergetic supporter; especially was this so of education- 
al or agricultural projects. Popular education had no 
more zealous or faithful supporter. The State Nor- 
mal School at Indiana stands as a monument to his 
devotion to education. Without his industry, perse- 
verance and aid it would perhaps never have been es- 
tablished. For several years, he was president of its 
board of trustees and held that position at the time of 
his death. In his home his studied effort was for the 
comfort and happiness of his wife and family. 

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Mrs. Clark's death occurred January 17, 1887. 
She was survived by her husband, who died Novem- 
ber 19, 1891. To them were born seven children: 

Clara Clark was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania. 
May 25, I860, and died April 3, 1864. 

Charles Steele Clark was born in Indiana, Febru- 
ary 22, 1863. He is a graduate of Princeton College, 
and is an advertising broker, located at Pittsburg. 

James Woodward Clark was born in Indiana, 
January 7, 1865. He is a graduate of Princeton Col- 
lege. He is a practising attorney at Indiana and is a 
member of the board of trustees of the Indiana State 
Normal School. 

Annie Moorhead (lark was born in Indiana Aug- 
ust 17, 1867. She graduated at the Indiana State 
Normal School in 1887. May 29, 1894, she was mar- 
ried to Jacob Jay Miller, one of the leading attorneys 
of Pittsburg. They have one son, Silas Clark, born 
March 22, 1897. 

Mary Bodine Clark was born in Indiana, Decem- 
ber 27, 1869. In 1889, she graduated at the Indiana 
State Normal School. She was married, June 20, 
1900, to Dr. Elisha P. Swift, of Norway, Michigan, 
where they reside. 

Charlotte Clark was born in Indiana, August 19, 
1874. She graduated at the Indiana State Normal 
School in 1892 and is now a member of the faculty of 
that institution. 

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William Clark was born in Indiana, November 
29, 1875, and died May 17, 1876. 

Silas Moorhead Clark was born in Indiana, Octo- 
ber 5, 1877. He died October 30, 1877. 

WILLIAM WALLACE MOORHEAD. 

William Wallace Moorhead, son of William and 
Susan Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in Indi- 
ana, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1837. August 6, 
1866, he was married to Mary Ann Little, in Pitts- 
burg. He conducted a notion and trimming store in 
Pittsburg for a number of years, then went to Wash- 
ington, where he held a position under the national 
government. He is in Pittsburg at the present time, 
and is filling an office in the municipal government of 
that city. To them were born four children — Clara 
Clark, Margaret Dickson, Mary Little and Jane 
Baird. 

(LARA CLARK MOORHEAD. 

Clara Clark Moorhead, daughter of William 
Wallace and Mary Ann Little Moorhead, was born 
June 21, 1867. January 12, 1897, she was married to 
Dr. Ira K Fix. They are located at East Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania, where Dr. Fix is successfully engaged 
in the practice of medicine. 

MARGARET DICKSON MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Dickson Moorhead, daughter of William 
Wallace and Mary Ann Little Moorhead, was born 
August 26, 1870. 

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MARY LITTLE MOOEHEAD. 



Mary Little Moorhead, daughter of William 
Wallace and Mary Ann Little Moorhead, was born 



November 13, 1872. 

JANE BAIRD MOORHEAD. 

Jane Baird Moorhead, daughterof William Wal- 
lace and Mary Ann Little Moorhead, was born Aug- 
ust 8, 1875. 

JAMES FRANCIS MOORHEAD. 

James Francis Moorhead, son of William and Su- 
san Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, July 3, 1839. On July 3, 1860, he 
married Mary Cecilia Meitzler, of Bethlehem, Penn- 
sylvania, at Nazareth, same state. He was a practi- 
cal tinner and plumber, following that occupation for 
a number of years at different places. He met with 
an accident while superintending the placing of an 
iron roof upon a building which eventually resulted in 
his death, June 18, 1887, at Trenton, New Jersey. 
His wife died at the same place, December 27, 1886. 

To them were born six children — Laura Eliza- 
beth, Harry Polhemus, Lily, George William, Mary 
Cecilia, Laura Seeley. 

LAURA ELIZABETH MOORHEAD. 

Laura Elizabeth Moorhead, daughter of James 
Francis and Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was 

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born July 8, 1863. She died, November 6, 1867, at 
Pittsburg. 

HARRY POLHEMUS MOOKHEAD. 

Harry Polhemus Moorhead, eldest son of James 
Francis and Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was 
born December 22, 1865. January 24, 1894, he was 
married to Elizabeth Davis Yard, daughter of Alex- 
ander C. Yard, of Trenton, New Jersey. He is lo^ 
cated at that place and holds a position in the office of 
the State Board of Assessors. 

LILY MOORHEAD. 

Lily Moorhead, daughter of James Francis and 
Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was born January 
24, 1868. She was married to William Burnet 
Kents, of Trenton, New Jersey, October 22, 1889. 

GEORGE WILLIAM MOORHEAD. 

George William Moorhead, son of James Francis 
and Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was born Janu- 
ary 7, 1870. He is located in New York city, where 
he is cashier of the Roebling Construction Company. 

MARY CECILIA MOORHEAD. 

Mary Cecilia Moorhead, daughter of James Fran- 
cis and Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was born 
November 28, 1872. She was married to Robert 
Scudder Chevrier, May 13, 1896. There was born to 

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them one daughter, Laura Moorhead, November 13, 
1897. 

LAURA SEELEY MOORHEAD. 

Laura Seeley Moorhead, youngest child of James 
Francis and Mary Cecilia Meitzler Moorhead, was 
born June 29, 1874. 

NANCY LETITIA MOORHEAD. 

Nancy Letitia Moorhead, < la lighter of William 
and Susan Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in In- 
diana, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1842. She was 
married at her home, to Frank P. Case, of Pittsburg, 
August 23, 18(>6. Mr. Case held a position in the 
revenue department, and was on the editorial staff of 
one of the leading papers of his city, besides filling a 
number of positions in the municipal government. 
He always took an active part in politics. His death 
occurred at his home February 25, 1890. There were 
born to them nine children — Susan Gertrude, Nancy 
Steele, married to John A. MeClain, of Claysville, 
Washington county; Frank P., married to Rose 
Hogle, of Pittsburg; William Moorhead, Rose 
Keenan, Albert Percy, Annabel. Clara Clark, who 
died in September, 1886, at the age of five years, and 
Mary Margaret. 

John A. and Nancy Steele McClain are the par- 
ents of two bright children — Helen and Jean. 

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MARGARET ANN MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Aim Moorhead, daughter of William 
and Susan Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in In- 
diana, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1844. She was mar- 
ried, in Pittsburg, to Hugh H. Stephenson, of that 
place, November 22. 1 866. They located in Oil City, 
where he has been cashier in the Oil City National 
Bank for many years. There were born to them sev- 
en children: 

Frank Moorhead Stephenson was born in Oil 
City, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1867. He was 
married to Elsie Earle Curtner, in Pittsburg, Novem- 
ber 23, 1898. 

William Bodine Stephenson was born in Oil City, 
Pennsylvania, January 1. 1870. He was married, in 
Pittsburg, April 28, 1897. to Alice Glenn Dorrington. 

George Albert Stephenson was born in Oil City, 
Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1872. On October 11, 
1899, he was married in Oil City, to Ora Cecil Lewis. 

Ellen Ethel Stephenson was born in Oil City 
January 18, 1874. 

Harry Steele Stephenson was born in Oil City 
August 17, 1876. 

Charlotte Isabella Stephenson was born in Oil 
City December 6, 1878. 

John Gerald Stephenson was born in Oil City 
September 30, 1886. 

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JOHN BODINE MOOEHEAD. 

John Bodine Moorhead, son of William and Susan 
Wright Bodine Moorhead, was born in Indiana, De- 
cember 27, 1846. He was married to Myra Adams 
Plumer, May 10, 1870, at Franklin, Pennsylvania. 
He is with Miller & Sibley, of Franklin, as account- 
ant, and is connected with twelve or fifteen companies 
principally as an auditor. To them were born six 
children — Sarah Plumer, Samuel Plumer, William 
Bodine, Myra, Clara Clark, Hugh Stephenson. 

SARAH PLUMER MOORHEAD. 

Sarah Plumer Moorhead, daughter of John Bo- 
dine and Myra Adams Plumer Moorhead, was born in 
Franklin, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1871. She was 
married to Aaron Anthony Printz June 25, 1895. To 
them were born two children — Helen Rose, October 
15, 1897, and Plumer Moorhead, February 15, 1901. 

SAMUEL PLUMER MOORHEAD. 

Samuel Plumer Moorhead, son of John Bodine 
and Myra Adams Plumer Moorhead, was born in 
Franklin, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1873. Decem- 
ber 3, 1895, he was married to Grace Botsford John- 
son, at Pittsburg. He is located at Ashland, Ken- 
tucky, with the Triple-State Natural Gas and Oil 
Company, of Franklin. 

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WILLIAM BODINE MOOEHEAD. 

William Bodine Moorhead, son of John Bodine 
and Myra Adams Plnmer Moorhead, was born at 
Franklin March 28, 1875. He died May 7, 1880. 

MYRA. MOORHEAI). 

Myra Moorhead, daughter of John Bodine and 
Myra Adams Plnmer Moorhead, was born in Frank- 
lin, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1877. 

(LARA CLARK MOORHEAI). 

Clara Clark Moorhead, daughter of John Bodine 
and Myra Adams Plnmer Moorhead, was born in 
Franklin, March 8, 1882. 

HUGH STEPHENSON MOORHEAD. 

Hugh Stephenson Moorhead, youngest son of 
John Bodine and Myra Adams Plnmer Moorhead, 
was born in Franklin, December t>, 1885. 

CHARLOTTE LAVINIA MOORHEAD. 

Charlotte Lavinia Moorhead, the youngest child 
of William and Susan Wright Bodine Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1819. She 
made her home with her sister, the late Mrs. Silas M. 
Clark, until the time of Mrs. Clark's death, and since 
that time has remained with the family. 



This closes the history of tin 4 family of William 
Moorhead and his descendants. 

69 



NANCY RIDDLE MOORHKAI). 

Nancy Riddle Moorliead, daughter of James and 
Nancy Thompson Moorliead, was born June 18, 1809, 
in Indiana, and was married to Samuel Steele in 1837. 
Thev resided in Blairsville until the death of the hus- 
band, December 17, 1841. Her life was a useful one. 
Although she had no children, she acted as a kind 
mother to the families of two of her brothers. Before 
her marriage, she cared for the family of her eldest 
brother, Alexander Thompson Moorliead, after his 
wife's death and until his remarriage. Later, after 
the death of her husband, her brother William's wife 
died, and she was the kiud care-taker of his children 
until the marriage of most of the family. Upon the 
remarriage of her brother, she returned to Indiana, 
living with her niece, Mrs. Silas M. (Mark, where she 
died, November 3, 1877. 



JAMES WASHINGTON MOORHEAD. 

James Washington Moorliead, son of James and 
Nancy Thompson Moorliead, was born February 14, 
1812, in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He, also, was en- 
gaged in the newspaper business, in connection with 
his father and brother. He was a ready writer. On 
January 8, 1834, he was married to Sidney Isabella 
Brown, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, at Mercer, 
where he published a newspaper. Some time after 

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this, he received an appointment in the treasury de- 
partment at Washington, where he remained until the 
close of the Fillmore administration, returning to In- 
diana in 1853. In connection with his father, James 
Moorhead, he established the Independent. [This 
was an independent movement, and was not, in any 
way, associated with the old and original paper estab- 
lished by the Moorheads.] In 1859, he received an 
appointment at Harrisburg, continuing there until 
stricken with paralysis, when he returned to Indiana. 
He died August 11, 1861. To this couple were born 
five children — Mary, Elizabeth, Alfred, Frank and 
James. 

Alter his death his widow and family returned to 
Sandylake to be near the former's brothers. 

Mrs. Moorhead was a devoted, christian mother, 
and carefully instructed her family in the principles 
of the Presbyterian church, of which she was an active 
member. She established the first ladies 1 missionary 
society in Sandylake and was its president for a num- 
ber of years. She died at her home March 7, 1895, in 
the eighty-third year of her life. 

MARY MOORHEAD. 

Mary Moorhead, daughter of James Washington 
and Sidney Isabella Brown Moorhead, was born in 
Mercer, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1835, and died 
when very young. 

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ELIZABETH MOORHEAD. 

Elizabeth Moorhead, daughter of James Wash- 
ington and Sidney Isabella Brown Moorhead, was 
born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1840. She 
has an amiable disposition, and was a devoted daugh- 
ter, caring tenderly for her mother. Early in life she 
connected herself with the Presbyterian church, and 
has taken an active part in all the church work. She 
still resides at Sandylake. 

ALFRED MOORHEAD. 

Alfred Moorhead, son of James Washington and 
Sidney Isabella Brown Moorhead, was born in Wash- 
ington, October 15, 1844. He received a good educa- 
tion, and was a clerk in the postoffice at Washington 
at the time of his death, March 29, 1868. 

FRANK MOORHEAD. 

Frank Moorhead, son of James Washington and 
Sidney Isabella Brown Moorhead, was born in Wash- 
ington. March 1, 1847. He was a soldier of the Civil 
War, and his death, which occurred at his home, in 
Sandylake, Mercer county, was the result of severe 
drilling at Braddocks Field, near Pittsburg, during 
his service. 

JAMES MOORHEAD. 

James Moorhead, youngest son of James Wash- 
ington and Sidney Isabella Brown Moorhead, was 

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born in Washington, May 22, 1851, and his death oc- 
curred May 23, 1851. 



This closes the history of James Washington 
Moorhead and his descendants. 



ROBERT BROWN MOORHEAD. 

Robert Brown Moorhead, son of James and Nancy 
Thompson Moorhead, was born in Indiana, February 
17, 1815. He, too, was engaged in the newspaper 
business, in Somerset county, publishing the Herald. 
He was married to Rose Ann Lichteberger, Sep- 
tember 13, 1836, in Somerset. There were born to 
them six children — Charlotte, Mary Snyder, Mowry 
Thompson, Margaret Wallace, Martha Steele, William 
Brnce. In 1840, Robert Brown Moorhead and John 
H. Lichteberger purchased the Indiana Register from 
the former's brother, William Moorhead, which they 
conducted jointly until 1850, when Robert B. Moor- 
head was appointed census enumerator for the western 
district of Pennsylvania, selling his interest in the 
Register to G. P. Reed, Esq. After this, he was en- 
gaged in merchandising, in comx^any with the late 
John G. Coleman. In 1852, he sold his interest to his 
partner, when he and ex- Sheriff Simon Trilby formed 
a partnership and established a store at Median ics- 

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burg, Indiana county. He was elected, in 1856, a 
member of the State Legislature from this county, 
which position he filled with honor to himself and his 
constituency. He was a strong, intellectual man, an 
orator, and a gentleman of high christian character. 
He died December 26, 1858, universally loved and 
respected. 

Rose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead had a most 
amiable disposition. She was a tender and self sacri- 
ficing mother, and, with all her cares and labors, was 
always bright and cheerful, with never a frown upon 
her countenance. To know her was to love and re- 
spect her. She died at Mechanicsburg, December 1, 
1896, aged eighty years and one month. 

CHARLOTTE MOORHEAD. 

Charlotte Moorhead, eldest daughter of Robert 
Brown and Rose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead, was 
born in Somerset, July 2, 1837. She died June 29, 
1838, in Canal Dover, Ohio. 

MARY SNYDP:R MOORHEAD. 

Mary Snyder Moorhead, daughter of Robert 
Brown and Rose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead, was 
born in Somerset, November 22, 1839. She was mar- 
ried to Martin Kier September 10, 1861. After their 
marriage, they resided for some time in Indiana, and, 
during the Civil War, he entered the service. When 

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he returned tliey moved to Homer City, where he en- 
gaged in merchandising. She died there, April 11, 
1867, survived by her husband and the following chil- 
dren : 

Harry M. Kier, druggist, of Pittsburg. He is 
married and has one child. 

Ella Kier, who resides with her father, at Homer 
City. 

Mary Kier, who is married to Joseph Campbell, a 
farmer. They have five children, and reside near 
Homer City. 

MOWRY THOMPSON MOORHEAD. 

Mowry Thompson Moorhead, son of Eobert 
Brown and Rose Ann Liehteberger Moorhead, was 
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1842. 
He was a soldier of the Civil War and after his return 
from the service engaged in merchandising at Me- 
chanicsburg. He was married, October 15, 1868, to 
Sarah Emma Cribbs, at the home of his brother-in. 
law, William A. Steffey, of Blairsville. She din I 
June 1, 1887. Some time after the death of his wife, 
Mr. Moorhead closed out his business at Mechanics- 
burg and went to Pittsburg, where he entered the em- 
ploy of Joseph Home & Company, and is with them 
at the present time. There were born to them six 
children — Rose Agnes, Robert B., Carle I)., Nellie 
R., Mary Emma and Edgar Ellsworth. 

75 



ROSE AGNES MOOEHEAD. 

Eose Agnes Moorhead, daughter of Mowry 
Thompson and Sara Emma Cribbs Moorhead, was 
born at Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, October 3, 
1867. She was married in Indiana January 22, 1889, 
to Daniel Cameron. He is a miller and they reside at 
Homer City, Pennsylvania. They have three chil- 
dren — Goldie Belle, Hazel and Nellie Gaye. 

ROBERT B. MOOEHEAD. 

Eobert B. Moorhead, eldest son of Mowry 
Thompson and Sarah Emma Cribbs Moorhead, was 
born in Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, September 
18, 1871. He is a successful business man and is sec- 
retary and treasurer of the Providence Saving and 
Loan Investment Company of New York city. 

CARLE D. MOORHEAD. 

Carle D. Moorhead, son of Mowry Thompson and 
Sarah Emma Cribbs Moorhead, was born in Mechan- 
icsburg, Indiana county, March 10, 1874. He is em- 
ployed by the D. P. Jones Mercantile Agency, Pitts- 
burg. 

NELLIE R. MOORHEAD. 

Nellie R. Moorhead, daughter of Mowry Thomp- 
son and Sarah Emma Cribbs Moorhead, was born, 
February 26, 1878, at Mechanicsburg, Indiana coun- 
ty. She was married, in Pittsburg, to Harry Snyder, 

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of that place. He is employed by a street car com- 
pany. They have two children. 

MARY EMMA MOORHEAD. 

Mary Emma Moorhead, yonngest daughter of 
Mo wry Thompson and Sarah Emma Cribbs Moor- 
head, was born at Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, 
November 28, 1880. She died at her home, in Pitts- 
burg, June 8, 1901, and interment was made in the 
United Presbyterian church cemetery at Mechanics- 
burg. 

EDGAR ELLSWORTH MOORHEAD. 

Edgar Ellsworth Moorhead, son of Mowry 
Thompson and Sarah Emma Cribbs Moorhead, was 
born October 18, 1882, at Mechanicsburg, Indiana 
county. He is employed by D. P. Wade, dealer in 
men's furnishing goods, at Wilkinsburg, Pennsylva- 
nia. 

MARGARET WALLACE MOORHEAD. 

Margaret Wallace Moorhead, daughter of Eobert 
Brown and Eose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead, was 
born, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1811. She 
was married to William A. Steffey, of Blairsville, at 
her home, December 21, 1865. Mr. Stetfey is a 
tinner and dealer in stoves and hardware. They 
were the parents of two children, both deceased. 
She died about the year 1870, at Mechanicsburg. 

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MARTHA STEELE MOORHEAD. 

Martha Steele Moorhead, daughter of Robert 
Brown and Rose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead, was 
born, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1847. 
She died, in Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, July 
3. 1881. 

WILLIAM BRUCE MOORHEAD. 

William Bruce Moorhead, youngest son of Rob- 
ert Brown and Rose Ann Lichteberger Moorhead, 
was born in Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, July 11, 
1855. He was married to Belle Auld, of Brushvalley 
township. He died at Mechanicsburg, January 3, 
1883. There were born to them two children — Inez 
and Ida. 

Inez Moorhead was married to Robert Thomas, 
of Indiana, Pennsylvania. He is a glassworker and 
is employed at Dayton, Ohio. 

Ida Moorhead resides with her mother, who mar- 
ried Elza McCombs, of Homer City. 



This closes the family history of Robert Brown 
Moorhead and his descendants. 



JOHN MILTON MOORHEAD. 

John Milton Moorhead, son of James and Nancy 
Thompson Moorhead, was born, in Ashtabula, Ohio, 
December 7, 1817, and died February 25, 1830. 

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CHARLOTTE MOOKHEAD. 



Charlotte Moorhead, daughter of James and 
Nancy Thompson Moorhead, was born, in Mercer, 
Pennsylvania, September 22, 1820, and died October 
9, 1824. 



EAVINIA MOORHEAD. 



Lavinia Moorhead, youngest daughter of James 
and Nancy Thompson Moorhead, was born in Indiana 
July 22, 1823, and died October 27, 1833. 



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INDEX. 



Page 
EARLY History of the Moorhead Family 

In Scotland 3 

In Ireland 4 

Crossing the Ocean S 

In Franklin County. Pennsylvania 6 

Journey to Indiana County 7 

Depredations by the Indians 8 

An Elopement 9 

Early Customs io 

Incidents n, 12, 17 



ADAIR, Alexander Thompson Moorhead 42 

Jennie M. (Belsey) 41 

John Calvin Moorhead 42 

Margaret Thompson (McCracken) 42 

Mary Elizabeth 42 

Mary lane Moorhead 23, 41 

RalphObley 42 

Ruth 42 

William Joseph Hart 42 

ALLISON, Anna Elizabeth Bruce 48, 53 

James Lewis S3 

Margaretta Bruce S3 

Mary Edith S3 

Robert Wilson S3 

BELSEY, George Lawrence 42 

lennie M. Adair 4 1 

lohn Harold 42 

Wallace Adair 42 

BISHOP. Agnes May Moorhead 26, 28 

HilmaJ. 29 

Lionel 29 

Raymond 29 

BRUCE. Anna Elizabeth (Allison) 48, S3 

Anna Emma SS. S.7 

Anna Wallace S2 



BRUCE, Page 

Archibald Coleman 55 

Augusta Elizabeth 55i 57 

Carolyn Arrowsmith 56 

Edna Margaretta 5 2 

Hilda May 52 

James Harvey 47 

James Harvey 49 

James Harvey 48, 52 

James Lisle 5 1 

John Franklin 5° 

John Milton 48 

John Newton 55. 56 

"Laura Belle 48, =4 

Mabel Clare 56 

Maggie Etta 49 

Margaret Ellen (Turner) 5 1 ;, 57 

Margaretta lane (Wills) 48, 54 

Maria (Rankin) 47, 5* 

Maria Ella (Simpson) 48, 53 

Maria losephine 55' 57 

Mary Clara (Loughry) 48, 50 

Mary lane (Jack) 55 

Matthew Hartley 52 

Matthew Rankin 48, 5o 

Minnie May 49 

Nancy Steele (Cummins) 55, 57 

Polly Parks Moorhead 13, 47 

Robert Moorhead 48, 51 

Robert Moorhead 52 

Sara Elizabeth 52 

Theoras Thompson 55i ^6 

William Parks 47, 55 

William Ray 50 

William Wallace 48. 5° 

William Wilberforce ^6 

CAMERON, Goldie Belle 76 

Hazel 76 

Nellie Gaye 76 

Rose Agnes Moorhead 75, 76 

CASE. Albert Percy ~ 66 

Annabel 66 

Clara Clark 66 

Frank P. 66 

Mary Margaret 66 

Nancy Letitia Moorhead 59, 66 

Nancy Steele (McClain) 66 

Rose Keenan 66 

Susan Gertrude 66 

William Moorhead 66 

CHEYRIER, Laura Moorhead 66 



CHEVRIER, Faee 

Mary Cecilia Moorhead a, a c 

CLARK, Annie Moorhead (Miller) 4 ' 62 

Charles Steele a~ 

Charlotte ^ 

Clara 6 ~ 

Clarissa Elizabeth Moorhead c Q 60 

lames Woodward a, 

Mary Bodine (Swift) 62 

Silas Moorhead a-, 

William £ 

CUMMINS, Nancy Steele Bruce cr „ 

FIX. Clara Clark Moorhead "' g; 

HILL. Jeannette Moorhead -?, 7 2 

Margaret i2, J 

Sara Katharine ^5 

JACK. Emma Josephine (Speedy) c6 

lames Arthur ?a 

Mary Blanche 5g 

Mary Jane Bruce r 

William Bruce rH 

KENTS. Lily Moorhead 61 6< 

KIER. Ella ° 4, ^ 

Harry M. S 

Mary ij? 

Marv Snyder Moorhead 7^5 i5 

LOUGHRY. J. Harvey Bruce 7i ' g 
John Wilson 



j imiii n H3U11 r. 

Mary Clara Bruce 4 S c n 

Mary Edith 4 ' \° 

LOWRY, Alexander Thompson ? 

Arthur %t 

Clarissa Eliza (St. Clair) i t 

Harry Blair i 

Henry Clay ^ 

James Robert ^ x 

John Milton ^ 

Mary Agnes ^ 

Mary Agnes 3! 

Nancy Ann Moorhead 22 ^o 

Yesta Russell ' ^ 

McCLAIN, Helen 66 

Jean 66 

Nancv Steele Case 66 

McCRACKEN. Margaret Thompson Adair 42 

McMAINS, Charles Yan Je 

Eleanor ,; 

Margaret Thompson Moorhead 4^ 44 

MEEK. Prudence Moorhead 8 o iq 

MILLER. Annie Moorhead Clark ' 62 

Silas Clark 62 

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MOORHEAD, Agnes May (Bishop) 
Albert Donald 
Albert Speedy 
Alexander 
Alexander Ralph 
Alexander Thompson 
Alexander Thompson 
Alexander Thompson 
Alfred 

Bessie Garnett 
Bishop Thompson 
Calvin Henry 
Carle D. 

Charles Augustus 
Charles Wills 
Charlotte 
Charlotte 
Charlotte Lavinia 
Clara 

Clara Clark 
Clara Clark (Fix) 
Clara Jane 

Clarissa Elizabeth (Clark) 
David Lintner 
Edgar Ellsworth 
Edgar Thompson 
Edith 
Edith 
Edith Mav 
Edward Wood 
Elizabeth 
Ernest Frederick 
Esther 
Eva Martha 
Florence 
Frank 

Frank Edwin 
Frank Wilmore 
Frederick 
George William 
Harry Polhemus 
Harry White 
Hattie May Bonham 
Howard Hutchison 
Hugh McKee 
Hugh Stephenson 
Ida 

Inez (Thomas) 
Irwin McKee 



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22, 


32 




34 


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72 


32, 


40 




28 


43. 


46 


75, 


76 


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46 


32, 


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79 


73. 


74 


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69 




23 


68, 


69 




63 


43. 


45 


59. 


60 




43 


75. 


77 


32, 


35 


26, 


29 




26 




34 




26 


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72 




34 


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19 




34 




30 


7i. 


72 


32, 


40 


26, 


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64 


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28 


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MOORHEAD. Page 

James 6, 13 

James 71, 72 

James Edgar 43, 46 

James Francis 59, 64 

James McKee 22, 24 

James Washington 13, 70 

lane Baird 63, 64 

Jeannette (Hill) 32, 36 

John Bodine 59, 68 

John Calvin 23, 43 

John Milton 13, 78 

"John Porter 43, 45 

Joseph McCloud 22, 2^ 

Josie Bird 28 

Laura Elizabeth 64 

Laura Seeley 64, 66 

Lavinia 13, 79 

Lily (Kents) 64, 65 

Margaret (Thompson) 6, 17 

Margaret (Wallace) 13, 58 

Margaret Ann (Stephenson) 59, 67 

Margaret Dickson 63 

Margaret Thompson (McMains) 43, 44 

Margaret Thompson (Thompson) 23, 43 

Margaret Wallace 73, 77 

Martha Evangeline 32, 39 

Martha Steele 73, 78 

Mary 71 

Mary Cecilia (Chevrier) 64, 6c, 

Mary Elizabeth 43, 46 

Mary Emma 75. 77 

Mary Jane (Adair) 23, 41 

Mary Little 63, 64 

Mary Morrow McKee (Sansom) 32, 34 

Mary Sansom \ 34 

Mary Snyder (Kier) 73. 74 

Mowry Thompson 73, 75 

Myra 68, 69 

Nancy Ann (Lowry) 22, 30 

Nancy Letitia (Case) 59. 66 

Nancy Pearl 32, 39 

Nancy Riddle (Steele) 13, 70 

Nellie R. (Snyder) 75. 76 

Phyllis 37 

Polly Parks (Bruce) 13. 47 

Prudence (Meek) 8, 9, 19 

Robert B. 75, 76 

Robert Brown 13. 73 

Rose Agnes (Cameron) 75. 76 

Samuel Plumer 68 

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MOORHEAD. Page 

Sarah Dales (Niel) 32. 37 

Sarah Plumer (Printz) 68 

Sherman Edward 34 

Steele lack 28 

Steele Lemoyne 26, 27 

Steele Lemoyne 28 

Theodore Parker 26, 28 

Thompson Hart 43. 44 

William 13. 59 

William Bodine 68, 69 

William Bruce 72,, 7% 

William Fulton 32, 38 

William Owens 43i 4^ 

William Wallace 59. 63 

Wilson Augustus 26 

NEIL. Fred Alexander 3* 

lames Maffett 3 s 

Mary Janet 3 s 

Sara Dales Moorhead 32, 37 

PRINTZ, Helen Rose 68 

Plumer Moorhead 68 

Sarah Plumer Moorhead 68 

RANKIN, John Newton 5« 

Maria Bruce ?8 

William J. 5 s 

SANSOM, Charles Leader 35 

Dorothy Jeannette 3^ 

Frank " 35 

Martha Elizabeth 35 

Marv Moorhead 35 

Marv Morrow McKee Moorhead 32, 34 

SIMPSON, George Stephens 54 

Laura Belle 54 

Maria Ella Bruce 48, 53 

SNYDER, Nellie R. Moorhead 75. 76 

SPEEDY, Emma Josephine Jack 56 

Nannie Loretto 56 

ST. CLAIR, Amy Cobart 31 

Arthur 31 

Clara Maria 31 

Clarissa Eliza Lowry 3 1 

Harrv Lowry 3 1 

Letitia Catherine 3 1 

Mabel Victorine 31 

Miry Agnes 3 1 

Millard Tracy 31 

Nancy Moorhead 3 1 

Ralph Emerson 3 1 

STEELE. N mcy Riddle Moorhead 13. 7o 

STEPHENSON, Charlotte Isabella 67 



STEPHENSON, Psge 

Ellen Ethel 67 

Frank Moorhead by 

George Albert < 7 

Harry Steele 67 

John Gerald 67 

"Margaret Ann Moorhead 59, 67 

William Bodine 67 

SWIFT, Mary Bodine Clark 62 

THOMAS. Inez Moorhead 7* 

THOMPSON, Maggie May 43 

Margaret Moorhead 6, Vj 

Margaret Thompson Moorhead z\ 43 

TURNER. Janet Bruce 57 

Margaret Ellen Bruce 55i Q 7 

WALLACE, Margaret Moorhead 13, 5* 

WILLS, Eleanor Bruce 54 

George Downes 54 

Margaretta Jane Bruce 48, 54 

Samuel Brown 54 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

lames Moorhead 14 

Nancy Thompson Moorhead 16 

Alexander Thompson Moorhead 20 

Joseph McCloud Moorhead 26 

Alexander Thompson Moorhead 32 

John Calvin Moorhead 44 

William Moorhead 60 

James Washington Moorhead 70 

Robert Brown Moorhead 74 



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